The Confederate memorial has three inscriptions:
LET THIS MONUMENT TEACH OUR CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDRENS' CHILDREN TO HONOR THE MEMORY AND THE HEROIC DEEDS OF THE SOUTHERN SOLDIER, WHO FOUGHT FOR RIGHTS GUARANTEED HIM UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. FOUR YEARS OUR ARMIES CONTENDED AGAINST GREAT ODDS, ENDURING INCREDIBLE HARDSHIPS, AND CEASING TO STRUGGLE ONLY WHEN THE SOUTH WAS EXHAUSTED AND COULD NO LONGER FURNISH RECRUITS OR SUPPLIES.
OF THE PAST, MINDFUL;
TO THE PRESENT, FAITHFUL;
FOR THE FUTURE, HOPEFUL.
MOTTO OF SPARTAN CHAPTER
U.D.C.
HOW GRAND A FAME THIS MARBLE WATCHES O'ER THEIR WARS BEHIND THEM; GOD'S GREAT PEACE BEFORE.
FORT SUMTER TO APPOMATTOX
1861 ----------- 1865